Subtotalling and grandtotalling tally



United States Patent Patented lnventor William J. Uhran Saskatoon,Saskatchewan, Canad Appl. No. 784,595

Filed Dec. 18, 1968 1 Nov. 24, 1970 Uhran & Goertzen ManufacturingLimited Saskatoon, Sask., Canada a corporation of Saskatchewan AssigneeSUBTOTALLING AND GRANDTOTALLING TALLY 13 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.

US. Cl 235/144, 235/1 14 Int. Cl. G06c 15/42 [50] Field ot'Search235/114, 80, l44Spring, 1445M.

[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,489,805 11/1949 OConnor235/144 3,024,984 3/1962 Skurner.... 235/80 Primary ExaminerStephen J.Tomsky AttorneyCushman, Darby, & Cushman ABSTRACT: A zeroing device foruse with a subtotalling and grandtotalling tally disconnects amechanical connection between a plurality of subtotalling registers anda grandtotalling register to return all registers to zerosimultaneously.

1 SUBTOTALLING AND GRANDTOTALLING TALLY and U.S'. Pat. No. 3,391 ,865,which represented an advance in the art.

The present invention is confined to improvements in the presentapplicant's tally which resulted when applicant attempted to put thetally into large scale production. The changes made necessary, in orderto simplify and render production less expensive, were found to beoutside the terms of the claims in the prior-mentioned patents, issuedto the present inventor, and patentably distinguishable therefrom.

While applicants previously patented tally is fully operable and ofpractical utility, each of one of a series of separate and individualsub-totallers were provided with an associated manual activator. Thus,when applied in the game of golf, there would be eighteen separateactivators. This means that the users had to carefully distinguishbetween a separate one of the said actuators and such distinction wouldbe difficult withthe actuators in close proximity with each other,particularly if a player was wearing gloves. Further, there was alwaysthe possibility that'the'subtotals for the strokes taken on a given holewould be in error. Reference to applicant's prior patents, and indeed toall the known prior art, indicates that it has generally been necessarytog zero all subtotal counters and the grandtotal counter separately andindividually at the conclusion of scoring.

The present invention envisages a single actuator for operatioh for eachdigit or stroke to be registered and a means for siniultaneouslyzeroingall'the subtotal registers together with thezeroing of the grandtotal.Further, it will be shown that the present' invention instantlyindicates the subtotals for each previously scored group, i.e. holes, inthe game of golf, and the grandtotal existing up to that instant. Again,while the device described in Canadian Pat. No. 781,302 and U.S. Pat.No. 3,391,865 was shown to be adaptable for manufacture entirely withplastic components, the present invention enables such adaption to beeffected with considerably greater facility.

It is an object of one'feature of the invention'to provide an improvedsubtotalling and grandtotalling tally.

In accordance with the foregoing object the invention comprises aplurality of subtotal registers, actuator means selectively engageablewith individual ones of said subtotal registers and for increasing thereadings thereon by one digit for each actuation, a grandtotallingregister mechanically and selectively connected to said individual onesof said subtotal register, zeroing means which during the zeroingoperation disconnects said actuator from every'subtotalling register,disconnects the mechanical connection between grandtotalling registerand said subtotalling registers, returns both the subtotal registers,and grandtotal register. to zero reading.

A preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described withreference to the accompanying drawings, in

.which:

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of a subtotalling and grandtotalling tallyshown in exploded form to expose all the essential components;

FIG. 2 is an isometric. view of the underside of the zeroing slide shownin FIG. 1; and

FIG. 3 is a view ofthe outside of the case.

Before discussing thedrawings in detail it should be mentioned that, forsimplicity, all but fragments of the associated casing has now beenomitted from FIG. 1. However, it should be appreciated that the casingwill include various holes for the passage of various manually operableactuators and apertures through which the respective tally registers maybe viewed, and these are indicated in FIG. 3.

Referring now to the drawings, a fragment of the case is indicated at 1ain the left-hand bottom corner of FIG. 1. A single-digit manualactuator, generally indicated at 20 comprises a push rod 21 a portion ofwhich slides, in directions indicated by arrows, in a hole 11 in thecase 1. The rod 21 is terminated at its outer end by a button 22 and itsinner end by a pawl engager 23. A spring 24 is disposed between the case1 and the button 22 to urge the rod outwardly to a neutral position.

A first subtotalling layshaft is indicated at 30 and the shaft issupported for rotation in and restricted longitudinalmovement by a lowerbearing, not shown, forming part of the case 1 and by an upper bearingto be discussed. At the lower end of the shaft 30 is firmly fixed aratchet wheel 31 engageable and rotatable by the pawl 23. Rotation ofthe shaft is restricted, to that shown by the accompanying arrow, by adetent 32 attached to the case 1.

A pinion 33 is rigidly attached to the shaft 30. The major portion ofthe shaft30 is of square cross section to slidably receive a pinion 34whose position along the shaft 30 is set by a subtotalling setting indexl60-shown on FIG. 3. The setting index includes a U-shaped saddleportion, not shown, which straddles the teeth on the pinion 34permitting longitudinal movement of the latter.

There are two columns of nine subtotalling registers one only of eachcolumn being indicated at 40a and 40b. It will be observed that theregisters 40a in the left-hand column are provided with teeth 42 whichare adjacent the lower end of the registers, while the registers 40b areprovided with teeth 44 which are adjacent the upper end of the registers40b. The registers 40a and 4011 are carried by a pair of shafts, aportion of the right-hand shaft being shown at 48b. The shaft 48b isalso used to carry a pair of transfer gears 60, 62. Gear 60 meshesselectively with gear 33. Thus, gear 34 can only engage either theregisters 40a or the registers 40b, and such selection is determined bythe longitudinal position of gear 34 on the shaft 30. All the registers40a and 4012 are provided with zeroing torsion springs 46 which havefree ends suitably restrained against rotation in a manner to bedescribed. The opposite ends of the springs are fastened to theregisters as by a pin 49 .shown on a fragment of one of the registers40b. All the registers 40a, 40b are restrained against longitudinalmovement along the respective shafts 48 by suitable means, not shown,attached to the case. A subtotal zeroing slide, generally indicated at50, is disposed behind the subtotalling registers 40a 40b and the shaft30. The slide 50 is free to slide vertically through a selected distanceand includes a detent pawl 52 for each of the subtotalling registers40a, 40b. Alike the teeth 42, 44, thepawls 52 are vertically staggered.Integral with the upper end of the slide 50, is a cam block 54 whichincludes a cam slot 56 and a bearing 58 supporting the shaft 30. Thus,downward movement of the slide 50 is intended, firstly, to disengagegear 33 from gear 62, secondly to disengage gear 34 from any of theregisters 40a, 40b, and thirdly to disengage every pawl 52 from itsassociated registers 40a, 40b,Referring to the last mentioned function,upon disengagement of the pawls 52 from the registers 40a, 40b, each oflatter will return to its zero position under the influence of itsrespective spring 46. In order to perfect zeroing of the registers40a,'40b, convenient use is made of the spring pins 49 each of which ispermitted to abut an associated stop 51 formed integral with the case.As previously discussed, the torsion springs 46 have free ends which aresuitably restrained against rotation. Those springs in the left-handcolumn of wheels 40a are individually restrained by anchor blocks 47integral with the case. The corresponding springs in the right-handcolumn of registers 40b are restrained by reception in a series ofassociated holes 53 in the slide 50. It has been found that nine suchsprings, associated 'with the right-hand column of wheels 40b, aresufficient to urge the plate 50 downwardly to a neutral position whenthe action of the cam block 54 is removed.

Gear 62 meshes permanently with an intermediate or idler gear 64 whichin turn selectively meshes a gear 70 rigidly affixed to a grandtotallingshaft 72. The shaft 72 is of square cross section and is journaled forrotation about and restrictive movement along its longitudinal axis bybearings, one of which is indicated at 74, formed integral with thecase. Gears grandtotalling register 76, having a cylindrical surfacethereon, is provided with a continuous helical slot 78 and a series ofnumbers -99 and 00 l engraved thereon. In order to make the numbers aslarge and legible as possible the hundreds digit is omitted for allnumbers above 99. The register 76 is downwardly urged by a spring 80disposed between the register and a collar 82 fastened to the shaft 72.'A pair of caliper members 84 are fastened to the bearing 74 by screws86 and nuts, not shown. The upper ends of the members 84 are terminatedwith arcuate tabs 88 which are resiliently urged into engagement withdiametrically-opposite portions of the helix 78.

The upper end of the shaft is terminated by a zeroing sector I plate 90rigidly attached to the shaft. A caliper spreader plate 92 is mountedfor vertical sliding in the case and includes a pair of curved portions94 which engage, and during downward movement ofthe plate 92, urgesapart the ends 88 of the calipers 84. At the top of the plate 92 isrigidly mounted a block 96 having an inclined slot 98 therein.

With reference to FIG. 2, a zeroing slide, generally indicated at 100,is disposed above all the previous discussed structure. Theslidevincludes an aperture 102 which receives a subtotal zeroing pin 104which engages the inclined slot 56. A further aperture 106 rigidlyreceives a grandtotal zeroing pin 108 which slides in the slot 98. v

The slide 100 is slotted at 110 to receive the upper end of the shaft 72and at 112 to provide space for a zeroing spring 114. One end of thespring 114 is fastened to .the slide 110 by a ipiri l16-and the otherendof the same spring is fastened to a pin. 118 on the zeroing plate 90.The slide 100 05 mounted in the-case for movement in-the directions ofthe arrows shown aloiigside the slide. The slide 100 is urged to theright by a spring 120 disposed between the slide and the case. The slide100 includes a digit engaging protrusion 122 which is of limitedaccessibility from the outside of the case in order to preventinadvertent zeroing.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the case 1 is seen to include windows 150 foreach of the first nine holes scored in the game of golf. Similarly,windows 152 are for holes 9 to 18. Window 154 provides the grand totalfrom the register 76. it will be seen from the illustration, that thesum of the subtotals is 103,

'but with the omission of the hundreds digits, the number 03" ispresented. As previously stated a particular hole on the subtotalregisters is selected by setting index 160. This index has 'an arrow 162for use with the left-hand column.(holes 1 to 9) and arrow 164 for theright-hand column (holes to 18). .T he vertical spacing between thearrows 162 and 164 was discussed with reference to the teeth onregisters 40a and 40b. As shown in FIG. 3, index 160 is set for theeighteenth hole.

Theoperation ofthe device will now be described with particular but notexclusive reference to the game of golf.

Assuming that all registers read zero, the user firstly sets thesubtotal register to be used. That is, arrow 162 on index setter 160will be set opposite "I" in the lefthand column. Each time a stroke isplayed the actuator 22 is depressed, and for each actuation the gear 34will rotate and the l register will be advanced one digit.Simultaneously, gears 33, 62, 64 and 70 will advance the grandtotalregister 76 by one digit for each stroke. Thereaftenfor the second holearrow 162 will be set opposite 2 and so on through to the eighteenthhole. When all holes have been scored, the score for each hole will beexhibited, together with the grand total.

The zeroing of the registers will now be described with particularreference to FIG.' 1. Firstly, the index 160 (FIG. 3) is moved to azeroing position disposed at the extreme uppermost position of itsvertical travel wherein gear 34 is neither engaged with teeth 42 or 44on registers 40a and 40b respectively. When the zeroing slide 100 isthen moved to the left the following simultaneous functions areperformed: (a) spring 120 is compressed, (b) the tension in zeroingspring 114 is ininfluence of springs 46, (g) the slide 92 movesdownwardly to v spread caliper- 84 apart, (h) the grandtotal register 76drops to its lowest position under the influence of spring 80, (i) theregister 76-and its supporting shaft 72 are rotated to the positionshown in FIG. 1, by the zeroing spring 114. After zeroing, the

slide is released whereupon it will move to the right in FIG. 1'reestablishing re-meshing throughout in readiness for further scoring.

It is envisaged that the invention may be applied to any system ofsubtotalling and grandtotalling and may have application other than withsports or games. Further, various changes in structure falling withinthe terms of the appended claims will occur to those skilled in the art.

lclaim:

l. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally, comprising:

i. a plurality of subtotal registers;

ii. actuator means selectively engageable with individual ones of saidsubtotal registers and for increasing the readings thereon by one digitfor each actuator;

iii. a grandtotalling register mechanically and selectively connected tosaid individual ones of said subtotal register; and

iv. zeroing means which during the zeroing operation;

a. disconnects said actuator from every subtotalling register;

b. disconnects the mechanical connection between grandtotalling registerand-said subtotalling registers;

. and

c. returns both the subtotal registers, and grandtotal register for zeroreading.

2. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 1 furtherincluding spring means on all registers urging the same towards the zeroreading positions thereof and selectively disengageable detentsassociated with all said subtotal registers to store the readingsthereon until zeroing is effected.

3. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 2 whereinsaid actuator means includes a shaft having a driving member thereonwhich is selectively movable into engagement with any selected one ofsaid subtotal registers.

4. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 2 whereinsaid detents form part of a common slide member which, during theoperation of zeroing, moves every detent out of engagement with thesubtotal register associated therewith.

5. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 1 whereinsaid grandtotalling register comprises a rotatable cylinder having anarithmetic progression of numbers thereon arranged in succession along acontinuous helix.

6. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 5 whereinsaid cylinder includes a helical slot on the surface thereof,selectively disengageable means cooperating with said slot effectingmovement of said cylinder along the axis of generation thereof uponrotation of the cylinder.

7. A subtotalling and grandtotalling tally as defined in claim 6 whereinthe said zeroing means for the grandtotalling register comprises firstresilient means urging movement along said axis of rotation and secondresilient means urging rotation of said cylinder.

8. A subtotalling and grandtotalling register as defined in claim 7wherein each subtotalling register includes gear teeth thereon, whereinsaid actuator means includes a sliding gear for selective engagementwith individual ones of said subtotalling registers.

' 9. A subtotalling and grandtotalling register as defined in claim 8wherein said grandtotalling register is slidably received on a shaftfitted with a gear and wherein said gear forms part of a selectivelydisengageable gear train connected with said actuator means.

stepwise an'd unidirectionally, in response to successive movements of adigitaloperator which engages the teeth on said rachet wheel.

13. A subtotalling and grandtotalling register as defined in claim 10wherein the subtotal registers are supported for rotation on twosubtotal shafts, and wherein said actuator means is selectivelyengageable with subtotal registers on either of said two shafts.

